{"podcast":{"title":"House of R","slug":"house-of-r-6578339","podcast_index_feed_id":6578339,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/house-of-r","website_url":"https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/house-of-r","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b46abe3a-3216-11ee-b5d4-fb82a7641e18/image/2e60c4bc96e356d8b5c27d99b55490a3.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Ringer","episode_count":407,"summary":"Welcome to ‘House of R,’ where Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson explore your favorite fictional universes with their signature Deep Dives into everything from ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Star Wars,’ ‘The Lord of the Rings’ to Marvel, and beyond. Whether they’re parsing mythology, story themes, and character arcs or tracing influences across decades of fantasy and sci-fi stories, Jo and Mal will be here weekly with Deep Dives into new nerd culture releases, nostalgic revisitations of their favorite tales in fandom, Hype Meters, drafts, mailbags, watch lists, top moments countdowns, recommendations, and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T10:19:58.883349+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/house-of-r-6578339"},"episode":{"title":"‘The Odyssey’ Deep Dive","slug":"the-odyssey-deep-dive","published_at":"2026-07-18T01:48:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/house-of-r-6578339/the-odyssey-deep-dive","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/house-of-r-6578339","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT3449142419.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT3449142419.mp3","summary":"Mal and Jo defy the gods by diving deep into Christopher Nolan’s latest film, ‘The Odyssey.’ They break down the themes, the performances, how it fits into the rest of Nolan’s filmography, and more! (00:00) Intro (04:46) Opening Snapshot (46:31) Really Defying The Gods (01:02:29) Polytropos and Xenia — A Crash Course in Greek (01:18:55) Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story? (01:30:59) Argos, The Boy Who Waited (01:34:32) Anyone Can Wear The Mask (01:46:22) Oh, The Telemachy (01:55:04) Nolan’s First Horror Movie? (02:02:32) Nolan’s First Musical? (02:11:34) A Bizarrely Unhorny 'Odyssey' (02:13:55) To The Monsters We’re The Monsters Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Mallory Rubin Producers: Carlos Chiriboga, Scott Lee, and Jamie Yukich Studio Production: Jacob Cornett Social: Jomi Adeniran Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Mal and Jo defy the gods by diving deep into Christopher Nolan’s latest film, ‘The Odyssey.’ They break down the themes, the performances, how it fits int…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8872,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/house-of-r-6578339/episodes/the-odyssey-deep-dive/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/house-of-r-6578339/the-odyssey-deep-dive.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}